She slowly rose to her feet and raised a finger toward the empty air.
A gentle force immediately enveloped Shen Xingchen’s body. No matter how fiercely the hungry wolf lunged and bit at him, it could not touch him.
Under the stunned gazes of everyone present, she walked step by step toward the hungry wolf.
Her cracked, peeling cheeks slowly stretched into a smile.
She was the Great Emperor of the Human Race. Now that she owed this boy a favor for saving her, she naturally had to give him a meeting gift.
“Roar!”
Just then, the hundred meter tall Hell Blood Ghost arrived as well. It raised both enormous claws, each gripping a giant hammer, and descended with an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth.
“Roar… Insects, die…”
The giant hammers came crashing down, and everyone was completely overwhelmed by the terrifying pressure, leaving them utterly powerless to resist.
The Ninth Base was finished!
That was the only thought in everyone’s mind.
Just as the two giant hammers were about to strike the soldiers’ heads, the entire world seemed to press the pause button.
Yun Xingwan did not even lift her eyelids. She merely let out a soft sound toward the arrogant Hell Blood Ghost.
“Cough…”
Her voice was extremely faint, yet visible golden ripples spread outward from around Yun Xingwan.
It was an Imperial might.
Although only a trace of pressure remained from her twilight years, less than one ten billionth of what it had been at her peak, it was still an overwhelming force that stood above this entire world and even transcended its laws.
Bang!
The hundred meter tall Hell Blood Ghost instantly turned into dust.
The water-like ripples continued spreading outward. Wherever they passed, demon beasts, monsters, and zombies were reduced to dust.
Three seconds later, a gentle breeze came from somewhere, lifting the dust that filled the sky and scattering it into the distance.
The battlefield, which had previously been filled with roars and chaos, became so quiet that even the slightest sound could be heard.
“Cough, cough…”
Another bout of violent coughing broke the silence.
Yun Xingwan looked apologetically at Shen Xingchen.
“Sorry, little boy. I just breathed in some dirty air and couldn’t hold it back. That ugly thing didn’t scare you, did it?”
Shen Xingchen did not notice her choice of words at all. His dry lips parted slightly as he mechanically nodded.
But when he met Yun Xingwan’s “affectionate” gaze, he quickly shook his head.
“No, no!”
Feng Changlan had just rushed out of the command center when he saw the space before him completely devoid of demon beasts.
His voice trembled.
“Commander… Commander, where did the… where did everything go?”
Shen Xingchen suppressed the storm raging in his heart and extended his mental power outward.
Within a radius of ten miles, there was not a single demon or monster.
He blinked and calmly uttered two words.
“Gone.”
Feng Changlan looked at the people who had practically turned to stone, then glanced back at Shen Xingchen. He gave a dazed smile.
“Hehe, you’re joking, right?”
Shen Xingchen paid no attention to Feng Changlan, whose mind seemed to have stopped functioning normally. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Yun Xingwan.
She was covering her mouth with one hand, and what seemed to be a drop of golden liquid had seeped between her fingers.
Her skin, cracked like land that had suffered through ten years of drought, seemed to have developed even deeper fissures.
Her tattered Imperial robes hung loosely from her body, while her three thousand strands of white hair moved despite the absence of wind.
She was ugly to an extreme degree, yet at the same time, there was something breathtakingly beautiful about her.
These two completely opposite qualities intertwined within the same person.
“Cough, cough…”
Yun Xingwan seemed not to notice the shock in his eyes. She lightly coughed once more.
“Little boy, is it clean here now?”
Shen Xingchen was speechless.
Clean?
This place was more spotless than a crystal clear mirror.
Only then did Yun Xingwan nod and withdraw her Imperial might.
In an instant, she once again became that ugly and impoverished female beggar.
“Good, good, as long as it’s clean.”
Muttering to herself, she turned and walked toward the stone coffin.
She bent down and picked up the chain.
“This is the last thing I have left to live on. I can’t lose it…”
Shen Xingchen quickly stepped forward and grabbed the chain.
“Um, miss, this kind of physical labor should be left to us.”
Feng Changlan also quickly recovered and ran over.
“Exactly, miss. Leave this kind of rough work to us!”
As he spoke, he did not forget to wave over the group of stunned special forces soldiers behind him.
Three special forces soldiers quickly came forward.
“Miss, don’t worry. Something weighing only a dozen kilograms, we can lift it with one hand…”
When Feng Changlan and the four others grabbed the coffin, each taking hold of one side, their expressions instantly turned the color of pig liver.
They were all strength based ability users. They could casually lift things weighing two to three hundred kilograms.
Yet this stone coffin seemed to have grown roots into the ground.
Another seven or eight special forces soldiers quickly came forward.
“One, two…”
More than a dozen people strained until they were almost out of breath, and the concrete beneath their feet began to crack.
Yet the stone coffin still did not move even slightly.
Yun Xingwan was somewhat helpless.
This was an Imperial coffin forged from Primordial Copper Wood. It weighed roughly as much as a Golden Cudgel, and Imperial patterns had also been engraved upon it.
She waved her hand.
“Go home and train for ten thousand years.”
When everyone heard this, they did not feel insulted. Instead, they felt even more ashamed.
If a thin and frail young woman could lift it, then why couldn’t a group of grown men like them do the same?
Under everyone’s ashamed gazes, Yun Xingwan gave the chain a light tug.
The object that had left more than a dozen special forces soldiers completely helpless instantly rose effortlessly from the ground.
She dragged it forward for two steps, then suddenly stopped.
Turning around, she looked at Shen Xingchen.
“Um, little friend, could you tell me where my parents are?”
Shen Xingchen nodded blankly.
“I’ll take you there.”
“Thank you.”
Dragging the stone coffin behind her, Yun Xingwan followed Shen Xingchen to the command center’s rest room.
By this time, Liu Chunhua had regained consciousness.
She hurriedly pushed the still unconscious Yun Dequan beside her.
“Old man, wake up quickly. Our daughter is back. Go and meet her. I’m going home to cook noodles.”
Yun Dequan was pushed awake and immediately jumped off the bed.
“Yes, yes, I’m going right now!”
The two hurried toward the door.
Clang!
When the door opened, Yun Xingwan’s frail figure stood before the two elderly parents.
Zhang Cuihua blinked, unable to believe her eyes. She rubbed them again, as though afraid she was seeing things.
The next moment, she pulled Yun Xingwan into her arms and gently stroked her back as she burst into tears.
“You ungrateful girl, why did you take so long to come home?”
Yun Xingwan’s eyes reddened slightly as she answered softly.
“Mom, I was just traveling.”
Yun Dequan stood silently to the side, repeatedly rubbing his eyes with his rough hands.
After hugging Yun Xingwan for a while, Zhang Cuihua finally let her go.
“You must be hungry. Just look at how thin you’ve become. You definitely haven’t been eating properly! Mom will go make you some noodles right now, and I’ll put an egg on top for you!”
Holding back her excitement, Yun Xingwan raised two fingers.
“No, I want two!”
“Alright, alright! You little girl!”
Yun Xingwan turned her gaze toward Yun Dequan and softly called out.
“Dad!”
“Yes…”
“I’m home.”
“As long as you’re home, as long as you’re home.”
Yun Dequan nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Cuihua took Yun Xingwan by the hand and was just about to lead her home when Shen Xingchen stopped them.
“Uncle, Auntie, Miss Yun probably can’t go home just yet.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Chunhua immediately shielded Yun Xingwan behind her like a mother hen protecting her chick.
“Commander, my daughter is a good person. Ever since she was little, she hasn’t even dared to kill an ant!”
“Exactly, Commander. I know my daughter. She has always been kind hearted since she was little. She definitely wouldn’t do anything bad.”
The corner of Shen Xingchen’s mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes secretly swept over Yun Xingwan.
Seeing that her expression remained completely normal, he inexplicably felt relieved.
“Uncle, Auntie, you misunderstood. Miss Yun has just returned, and we simply want to take her for a medical examination.”
Zhang Cuihua let out a long sigh of relief.
“Oh, is that all? She really should get herself checked.”
She turned to Yun Xingwan.
“Sweetheart, go with the commander for the examination first. I’ll cook the noodles soon, and your dad and I will bring them to you.”
“Alright.”
Afraid that her parents would worry, Yun Xingwan agreed.